Publications by authors named "Tatjana Obidenova"

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  • Nosocomial fungal infections pose a significant global public health risk, highlighting the need for urgent action and effective management due to limited treatment options.
  • A retrospective analysis of laboratory data from Pauls Stradinš Clinical University Hospital in Riga, Latvia, revealed 2,278 fungal isolates from 2017 to 2020, with the majority being Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp.
  • The study found that the Department of Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery had the highest number of cases, with the most common sample collection coming from bronchoalveolar lavage, and identified 34 cases of candidemia, reinforcing the importance of surveillance in addressing this growing threat.
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious threats in modern medicine which requires the constant monitoring of emerging trends amongst clinical isolates. However, very limited surveillance data is available in the Latvian context. In the present study, we conducted a retrospective analysis of microbiological data from one of the largest public multispecialty hospitals in Latvia from 2017 to 2020.

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